[1] The Working Committee of National Congress sanctioned the resolution named Quit India' at -
A.
Wardha
B.
Nagpur
C.
Mumbai
D.
Delhí
Ans:
Wardha
Explanation :
The Congress Working Committee meeting at Wardha on 14 July 1942 passed a resolution demanding complete independence from the British government. The draft proposed massive civil disobedience if the British did not accede to the demands. This resolution is known as Wardha Resolution and more popularly as "Quit India Resolution.”
[2] The non-cooperation movement was called off due to -
A.
Jallianwalla Bagh Tragedy
B.
Chauri Chaura Incident
C.
Poona pact
D.
Gandhi-Irwin pact
Ans:
Chauri Chaura Incident
Explanation :
The non-cooperation movement was withdrawn because of the Chauri Chaura incident that occurred at Chauri Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of the United Province on 5 February 1922.
[3] When was the railway system established in India?
A.
1969
B.
1753
C.
1853
D.
1953
Ans:
1853
Explanation :
The history of rail transport in India began in the mid-nineteenth century. The country's first railway, built by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR), opened in 1853, between Bombay and Thane. A British engineer, Robert Maitland Brereton, was responsible for the expansion of the railways from 1857 onwards.
[4] The first country which discovered sea route to India was -
A.
Portugal
B.
Dutch
C.
French
D.
Britain
Ans:
Portugal
Explanation :
The first trip directly made from Europe to India through the Atlantic Ocean took place under the command of the Portuguese navigator and explorer Vasco a Gama in 1497. This was one of the most remarkable expeditions of the Age of Discovery.
[5] Who introduced the Indian University Act?
A.
Lord Curzon
B.
Lord Minto
C.
Lord Morelay
D.
Lord Ripporn
Ans:
Lord Curzon
Explanation :
The Indian Universities Act was passed in 1904 under the viceroyalty of Lord Curzon. Curzon had appointed the Thomas Raleigh Commission in 1902 to enquire into the condition and prospects of universities in India and to recommend proposals for improving their constitution and working.
[6] What Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923?
A.
Salt Satyagraha
B.
Individual Satyagraha
C.
Ryots Satyagraha
D.
Flag Satyagraha
Ans:
Flag Satyagraha
Explanation :
Flag Satyagrahas were conducted in the city of Nagpur in 1923. They were campaigns of peaceful civil disobedience that focused on exercising the right and freedom to hoist the nationalist flag and challenge the legitimacy of the British Raj in India.
[7] Who was the viceroy when Delhi became the capital of British India?
A.
Load Curzon
B.
Lord Minto
C.
Lord Hardinge
D.
Lord Waveli
Ans:
Lord Hardinge
Explanation :
Lord Hardinge (1910-1916) was the Viceroy of India when the capital of India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911.
[8] The National Anthem was first sung in the year 1911 at the Annual session of the Indian National Congress held at -
A.
Pune
B.
Mumbai
C.
Kolkata
D.
Lucknow
Ans:
Kolkata
Explanation :
Jana Gana Mana, the national anthem of India was first sung in Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress on 27 December 1911. It was officially adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the Indian national anthem on 24 January 1950.
[9] Who is known as the 'Indian Bismarck'?
A.
Vallabhai Patel
B.
Subhash Chandra Bose
C.
Bhagat Singh
D.
Bal Gangadhara Tilak
Ans:
Vallabhai Patel
Explanation :
Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel is known to be a social leader of India who played an unparalleled role in the country's struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united, independent nation.
[10] Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?
A.
Annie Besant
B.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
C.
Kasturba Gandhi
D.
Sarojini Naidu
Ans:
Annie Besant
Explanation :
Annie Besant was a prominent British socialist, Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule became the president of the India National Congress in late 1917
[11] The most significant Act which declared that the sovereignty of the British Empire in India was in the hands of the British Crown was -
A.
the Company's Charter Act of 1813
B.
the Company's Charter Act of 1853
C.
the Indian Councils Act of 1851
D.
None of these
Ans:
None of these
Explanation :
The Government of India Act 1858 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on August 2, 1858. Its provisions called for the liquidation of the British East India Company (who had up to this point been ruling British India under the auspices of Parliament) and the transference of its functions to the British Crown. The Act provided that the Company's territories in India were to be vested in the Queen, the Company ceasing to exercise its power and control over these territories. India was to be governed in the Queen's name.
[12] Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of Revolt of 1857?
A.
Lord Dalhousie
B.
Lord Bentinck
C.
Lord Canning
D.
Lord Lytton
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Lord Canning was an English statesman and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. For his tact and capabilities in dealing with the revolt, he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India in 1858. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
[13] Gandhiji opposed the Communal Award because he thought this would bring -
A.
Communal disunity
B.
Division in the Hindu Society
C.
Economic miseries to India
D.
Destruction to handicrafts
Ans:
division in the Hindu Society
Explanation :
In August 1932, the then Prime Minister of Britain, Ramsay Macdonald gave his 'award' known as the Communal Award. According to it, separate representation was to be provided for the Muslims, Sikhs Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans, Dalit etc.
[14] Federal form of Government at the centre was introduced in India under:
A.
Government of India Act of 1919
B.
Indian Councils Act of 1909
C.
Government of India Act of 1935
D.
Indian Independence Act of 1947
Ans:
Government of India Act of 1935
Explanation :
The Government of India Act 1935 made provision for the establishment of a "Federation of India", to be made up of both British India and some or all of the princely states."
[15] Royal Asiatic Society' was founded by -
A.
Sir William Jones
B.
Sir John Marshall
C.
R. D. Banerjee
D.
Sir William Bentick
Ans:
Sir William Jones
Explanation :
The Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones on January 15, 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir Robert Chambers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the Fort William in Calcutta then capital of the British Raj, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research.
[16] According to Dadabhai Naoroji Swaraj' meant -
A.
Complete independence
B.
Self government
C.
Economic independence
D.
Political independence
Ans:
Self government
Explanation :
Dadabhai Naoroji in his Presidential address at the National Congress in Calcutta said," We must have Swaraj on the lines granted to Canada and Australia, which is our sole aim." For him Swaraj meant administration of affairs in a country by her own people on their own strength in accordance with the welfare of the people without even nominal suzerainty.
[17] Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’?
A.
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
B.
R.G. Bhandarkar
C.
Mahadev Govind Ranade
D.
B.G. Tilak
Ans:
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Explanation :
Gopal Hari Deshmukh was a social reformer from Maharashtra, India. At age 25, Deshmukh started writing articles aimed at social reform in Maharashtra in the weekly Prabhakar under the pen name Lokhi tawadi. In the first two years, he penned 108 articles on social reform. That group of articles has come to be known in Marathi literature as Lokhitawadinchi Shatapatre.
[18] Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?
A.
Minto I
B.
William Bentinck
C.
Hastings
D.
Auckland
Ans:
William Bentinck
Explanation :
Lord William Bentinck met with Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Ropar, on the bank of the Sutlej, in the spring of 1831. It was an occasion of a impressive ceremony and display. Both sides met on the either side of Sutlej with their full forces.
[19] The Arya Samaj was founded by -
A.
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B.
Swami Vivekananda
C.
Keshav Chandra Sen
D.
Ishwar Chandra Vidya-sagar
Ans:
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Explanation :
Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 10 April 1875. On the 24th of June, 1877, the second major Arya Samaj was established at Lahore.
[20] Gandhiji believed that -
A.
End justifies means
B.
Means justify end
C.
Neither end justifies means nor do means justify end
D.
End and Means both should be justified
Ans:
Means justify end
Explanation :
Gandhi's view of the morally legitimate means to be exclusively employed in furthering political ends was deeply affected by the doctrine of dispassionate action in the Gita.
[21] Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
A.
Macaulay's Minute
B.
Hunter Commission
C.
Charter Act
D.
Wood's Despatch
Ans:
Wood's Despatch
Explanation :
Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control of the East India Company, did a yeoman's job in spreading education in India when in 1854 he sent a dispatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor- General of India. It was recommended therein that tint-versifies on the model of the London university be established in big cities such as Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
[22] Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?
A.
Portuguese
B.
Dutch
C.
The house of Jagat Seth
D.
Mulla Abdul Gaffar
Ans:
Portuguese
Explanation :
The English, French and Dutch East Indies Companies (EIC's) became active in Far East trading in a meaningful way about a hundred and fifty years after the Portuguese. They too set up their posts through out the Indian Ocean. By the middle of the 17th century there were several thousand Portuguese and Indo Portuguese in India and a relatively small population of other Indo Europeans.
[23] Cabinet Mission came to India in the year -
A.
1946
B.
1945
C.
1942
D.
1940
Ans:
1946
Explanation :
The British Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Government in Indian leadership, providing India with independence. Formulated at the Initiative of Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the mission consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, and A. V.
[24] Muslim League was founded in the year -
A.
1900
B.
1905
C.
1906
D.
1902
Ans:
1906
Explanation :
The All-India Muslim League was a political party during the period of the British Rule which advocated the creation of a separate Muslim-majority nation. It was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka (now Bangladesh), in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over the partition of Bengal in 1905.
[25] In which session of Congress the demand of "Poorna Swaraj" was accepted as the aim of the Congress?
A.
Calcutta
B.
Madras
C.
Nagpur
D.
Lahore
Ans:
Lahore
Explanation :
The Purna Swaraj declaration or Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self rule independent of the British Empire. A very large number of Congress volunteers and delegates, members of other political parties and an especially large public gathering attended the session convened in Lahore.
Explanation :
The Congress Working Committee meeting at Wardha on 14 July 1942 passed a resolution demanding complete independence from the British government. The draft proposed massive civil disobedience if the British did not accede to the demands. This resolution is known as Wardha Resolution and more popularly as "Quit India Resolution.”
[2] The non-cooperation movement was called off due to -
A.
Jallianwalla Bagh Tragedy
B.
Chauri Chaura Incident
C.
Poona pact
D.
Gandhi-Irwin pact
Ans:
Chauri Chaura Incident
Explanation :
The non-cooperation movement was withdrawn because of the Chauri Chaura incident that occurred at Chauri Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of the United Province on 5 February 1922.
[3] When was the railway system established in India?
A.
1969
B.
1753
C.
1853
D.
1953
Ans:
1853
Explanation :
The history of rail transport in India began in the mid-nineteenth century. The country's first railway, built by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR), opened in 1853, between Bombay and Thane. A British engineer, Robert Maitland Brereton, was responsible for the expansion of the railways from 1857 onwards.
[4] The first country which discovered sea route to India was -
A.
Portugal
B.
Dutch
C.
French
D.
Britain
Ans:
Portugal
Explanation :
The first trip directly made from Europe to India through the Atlantic Ocean took place under the command of the Portuguese navigator and explorer Vasco a Gama in 1497. This was one of the most remarkable expeditions of the Age of Discovery.
[5] Who introduced the Indian University Act?
A.
Lord Curzon
B.
Lord Minto
C.
Lord Morelay
D.
Lord Ripporn
Ans:
Lord Curzon
Explanation :
The Indian Universities Act was passed in 1904 under the viceroyalty of Lord Curzon. Curzon had appointed the Thomas Raleigh Commission in 1902 to enquire into the condition and prospects of universities in India and to recommend proposals for improving their constitution and working.
[6] What Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923?
A.
Salt Satyagraha
B.
Individual Satyagraha
C.
Ryots Satyagraha
D.
Flag Satyagraha
Ans:
Flag Satyagraha
Explanation :
Flag Satyagrahas were conducted in the city of Nagpur in 1923. They were campaigns of peaceful civil disobedience that focused on exercising the right and freedom to hoist the nationalist flag and challenge the legitimacy of the British Raj in India.
[7] Who was the viceroy when Delhi became the capital of British India?
A.
Load Curzon
B.
Lord Minto
C.
Lord Hardinge
D.
Lord Waveli
Ans:
Lord Hardinge
Explanation :
Lord Hardinge (1910-1916) was the Viceroy of India when the capital of India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911.
[8] The National Anthem was first sung in the year 1911 at the Annual session of the Indian National Congress held at -
A.
Pune
B.
Mumbai
C.
Kolkata
D.
Lucknow
Ans:
Kolkata
Explanation :
Jana Gana Mana, the national anthem of India was first sung in Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress on 27 December 1911. It was officially adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the Indian national anthem on 24 January 1950.
[9] Who is known as the 'Indian Bismarck'?
A.
Vallabhai Patel
B.
Subhash Chandra Bose
C.
Bhagat Singh
D.
Bal Gangadhara Tilak
Ans:
Vallabhai Patel
Explanation :
Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel is known to be a social leader of India who played an unparalleled role in the country's struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united, independent nation.
[10] Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?
A.
Annie Besant
B.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
C.
Kasturba Gandhi
D.
Sarojini Naidu
Ans:
Annie Besant
Explanation :
Annie Besant was a prominent British socialist, Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule became the president of the India National Congress in late 1917
[11] The most significant Act which declared that the sovereignty of the British Empire in India was in the hands of the British Crown was -
A.
the Company's Charter Act of 1813
B.
the Company's Charter Act of 1853
C.
the Indian Councils Act of 1851
D.
None of these
Ans:
None of these
Explanation :
The Government of India Act 1858 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on August 2, 1858. Its provisions called for the liquidation of the British East India Company (who had up to this point been ruling British India under the auspices of Parliament) and the transference of its functions to the British Crown. The Act provided that the Company's territories in India were to be vested in the Queen, the Company ceasing to exercise its power and control over these territories. India was to be governed in the Queen's name.
[12] Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of Revolt of 1857?
A.
Lord Dalhousie
B.
Lord Bentinck
C.
Lord Canning
D.
Lord Lytton
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Lord Canning was an English statesman and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. For his tact and capabilities in dealing with the revolt, he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India in 1858. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
[13] Gandhiji opposed the Communal Award because he thought this would bring -
A.
Communal disunity
B.
Division in the Hindu Society
C.
Economic miseries to India
D.
Destruction to handicrafts
Ans:
division in the Hindu Society
Explanation :
In August 1932, the then Prime Minister of Britain, Ramsay Macdonald gave his 'award' known as the Communal Award. According to it, separate representation was to be provided for the Muslims, Sikhs Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans, Dalit etc.
[14] Federal form of Government at the centre was introduced in India under:
A.
Government of India Act of 1919
B.
Indian Councils Act of 1909
C.
Government of India Act of 1935
D.
Indian Independence Act of 1947
Ans:
Government of India Act of 1935
Explanation :
The Government of India Act 1935 made provision for the establishment of a "Federation of India", to be made up of both British India and some or all of the princely states."
[15] Royal Asiatic Society' was founded by -
A.
Sir William Jones
B.
Sir John Marshall
C.
R. D. Banerjee
D.
Sir William Bentick
Ans:
Sir William Jones
Explanation :
The Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones on January 15, 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir Robert Chambers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the Fort William in Calcutta then capital of the British Raj, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research.
[16] According to Dadabhai Naoroji Swaraj' meant -
A.
Complete independence
B.
Self government
C.
Economic independence
D.
Political independence
Ans:
Self government
Explanation :
Dadabhai Naoroji in his Presidential address at the National Congress in Calcutta said," We must have Swaraj on the lines granted to Canada and Australia, which is our sole aim." For him Swaraj meant administration of affairs in a country by her own people on their own strength in accordance with the welfare of the people without even nominal suzerainty.
[17] Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’?
A.
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
B.
R.G. Bhandarkar
C.
Mahadev Govind Ranade
D.
B.G. Tilak
Ans:
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Explanation :
Gopal Hari Deshmukh was a social reformer from Maharashtra, India. At age 25, Deshmukh started writing articles aimed at social reform in Maharashtra in the weekly Prabhakar under the pen name Lokhi tawadi. In the first two years, he penned 108 articles on social reform. That group of articles has come to be known in Marathi literature as Lokhitawadinchi Shatapatre.
[18] Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?
A.
Minto I
B.
William Bentinck
C.
Hastings
D.
Auckland
Ans:
William Bentinck
Explanation :
Lord William Bentinck met with Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Ropar, on the bank of the Sutlej, in the spring of 1831. It was an occasion of a impressive ceremony and display. Both sides met on the either side of Sutlej with their full forces.
[19] The Arya Samaj was founded by -
A.
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B.
Swami Vivekananda
C.
Keshav Chandra Sen
D.
Ishwar Chandra Vidya-sagar
Ans:
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Explanation :
Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 10 April 1875. On the 24th of June, 1877, the second major Arya Samaj was established at Lahore.
[20] Gandhiji believed that -
A.
End justifies means
B.
Means justify end
C.
Neither end justifies means nor do means justify end
D.
End and Means both should be justified
Ans:
Means justify end
Explanation :
Gandhi's view of the morally legitimate means to be exclusively employed in furthering political ends was deeply affected by the doctrine of dispassionate action in the Gita.
[21] Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
A.
Macaulay's Minute
B.
Hunter Commission
C.
Charter Act
D.
Wood's Despatch
Ans:
Wood's Despatch
Explanation :
Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control of the East India Company, did a yeoman's job in spreading education in India when in 1854 he sent a dispatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor- General of India. It was recommended therein that tint-versifies on the model of the London university be established in big cities such as Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
[22] Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?
A.
Portuguese
B.
Dutch
C.
The house of Jagat Seth
D.
Mulla Abdul Gaffar
Ans:
Portuguese
Explanation :
The English, French and Dutch East Indies Companies (EIC's) became active in Far East trading in a meaningful way about a hundred and fifty years after the Portuguese. They too set up their posts through out the Indian Ocean. By the middle of the 17th century there were several thousand Portuguese and Indo Portuguese in India and a relatively small population of other Indo Europeans.
[23] Cabinet Mission came to India in the year -
A.
1946
B.
1945
C.
1942
D.
1940
Ans:
1946
Explanation :
The British Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Government in Indian leadership, providing India with independence. Formulated at the Initiative of Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the mission consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, and A. V.
[24] Muslim League was founded in the year -
A.
1900
B.
1905
C.
1906
D.
1902
Ans:
1906
Explanation :
The All-India Muslim League was a political party during the period of the British Rule which advocated the creation of a separate Muslim-majority nation. It was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka (now Bangladesh), in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over the partition of Bengal in 1905.
[25] In which session of Congress the demand of "Poorna Swaraj" was accepted as the aim of the Congress?
A.
Calcutta
B.
Madras
C.
Nagpur
D.
Lahore
Ans:
Lahore
Explanation :
The Purna Swaraj declaration or Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self rule independent of the British Empire. A very large number of Congress volunteers and delegates, members of other political parties and an especially large public gathering attended the session convened in Lahore.
Explanation :
The history of rail transport in India began in the mid-nineteenth century. The country's first railway, built by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR), opened in 1853, between Bombay and Thane. A British engineer, Robert Maitland Brereton, was responsible for the expansion of the railways from 1857 onwards.
[4] The first country which discovered sea route to India was -
A.
Portugal
B.
Dutch
C.
French
D.
Britain
Ans:
Portugal
Explanation :
The first trip directly made from Europe to India through the Atlantic Ocean took place under the command of the Portuguese navigator and explorer Vasco a Gama in 1497. This was one of the most remarkable expeditions of the Age of Discovery.
[5] Who introduced the Indian University Act?
A.
Lord Curzon
B.
Lord Minto
C.
Lord Morelay
D.
Lord Ripporn
Ans:
Lord Curzon
Explanation :
The Indian Universities Act was passed in 1904 under the viceroyalty of Lord Curzon. Curzon had appointed the Thomas Raleigh Commission in 1902 to enquire into the condition and prospects of universities in India and to recommend proposals for improving their constitution and working.
[6] What Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923?
A.
Salt Satyagraha
B.
Individual Satyagraha
C.
Ryots Satyagraha
D.
Flag Satyagraha
Ans:
Flag Satyagraha
Explanation :
Flag Satyagrahas were conducted in the city of Nagpur in 1923. They were campaigns of peaceful civil disobedience that focused on exercising the right and freedom to hoist the nationalist flag and challenge the legitimacy of the British Raj in India.
[7] Who was the viceroy when Delhi became the capital of British India?
A.
Load Curzon
B.
Lord Minto
C.
Lord Hardinge
D.
Lord Waveli
Ans:
Lord Hardinge
Explanation :
Lord Hardinge (1910-1916) was the Viceroy of India when the capital of India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911.
[8] The National Anthem was first sung in the year 1911 at the Annual session of the Indian National Congress held at -
A.
Pune
B.
Mumbai
C.
Kolkata
D.
Lucknow
Ans:
Kolkata
Explanation :
Jana Gana Mana, the national anthem of India was first sung in Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress on 27 December 1911. It was officially adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the Indian national anthem on 24 January 1950.
[9] Who is known as the 'Indian Bismarck'?
A.
Vallabhai Patel
B.
Subhash Chandra Bose
C.
Bhagat Singh
D.
Bal Gangadhara Tilak
Ans:
Vallabhai Patel
Explanation :
Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel is known to be a social leader of India who played an unparalleled role in the country's struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united, independent nation.
[10] Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?
A.
Annie Besant
B.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
C.
Kasturba Gandhi
D.
Sarojini Naidu
Ans:
Annie Besant
Explanation :
Annie Besant was a prominent British socialist, Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule became the president of the India National Congress in late 1917
[11] The most significant Act which declared that the sovereignty of the British Empire in India was in the hands of the British Crown was -
A.
the Company's Charter Act of 1813
B.
the Company's Charter Act of 1853
C.
the Indian Councils Act of 1851
D.
None of these
Ans:
None of these
Explanation :
The Government of India Act 1858 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on August 2, 1858. Its provisions called for the liquidation of the British East India Company (who had up to this point been ruling British India under the auspices of Parliament) and the transference of its functions to the British Crown. The Act provided that the Company's territories in India were to be vested in the Queen, the Company ceasing to exercise its power and control over these territories. India was to be governed in the Queen's name.
[12] Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of Revolt of 1857?
A.
Lord Dalhousie
B.
Lord Bentinck
C.
Lord Canning
D.
Lord Lytton
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Lord Canning was an English statesman and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. For his tact and capabilities in dealing with the revolt, he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India in 1858. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
[13] Gandhiji opposed the Communal Award because he thought this would bring -
A.
Communal disunity
B.
Division in the Hindu Society
C.
Economic miseries to India
D.
Destruction to handicrafts
Ans:
division in the Hindu Society
Explanation :
In August 1932, the then Prime Minister of Britain, Ramsay Macdonald gave his 'award' known as the Communal Award. According to it, separate representation was to be provided for the Muslims, Sikhs Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans, Dalit etc.
[14] Federal form of Government at the centre was introduced in India under:
A.
Government of India Act of 1919
B.
Indian Councils Act of 1909
C.
Government of India Act of 1935
D.
Indian Independence Act of 1947
Ans:
Government of India Act of 1935
Explanation :
The Government of India Act 1935 made provision for the establishment of a "Federation of India", to be made up of both British India and some or all of the princely states."
[15] Royal Asiatic Society' was founded by -
A.
Sir William Jones
B.
Sir John Marshall
C.
R. D. Banerjee
D.
Sir William Bentick
Ans:
Sir William Jones
Explanation :
The Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones on January 15, 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir Robert Chambers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the Fort William in Calcutta then capital of the British Raj, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research.
[16] According to Dadabhai Naoroji Swaraj' meant -
A.
Complete independence
B.
Self government
C.
Economic independence
D.
Political independence
Ans:
Self government
Explanation :
Dadabhai Naoroji in his Presidential address at the National Congress in Calcutta said," We must have Swaraj on the lines granted to Canada and Australia, which is our sole aim." For him Swaraj meant administration of affairs in a country by her own people on their own strength in accordance with the welfare of the people without even nominal suzerainty.
[17] Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’?
A.
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
B.
R.G. Bhandarkar
C.
Mahadev Govind Ranade
D.
B.G. Tilak
Ans:
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Explanation :
Gopal Hari Deshmukh was a social reformer from Maharashtra, India. At age 25, Deshmukh started writing articles aimed at social reform in Maharashtra in the weekly Prabhakar under the pen name Lokhi tawadi. In the first two years, he penned 108 articles on social reform. That group of articles has come to be known in Marathi literature as Lokhitawadinchi Shatapatre.
[18] Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?
A.
Minto I
B.
William Bentinck
C.
Hastings
D.
Auckland
Ans:
William Bentinck
Explanation :
Lord William Bentinck met with Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Ropar, on the bank of the Sutlej, in the spring of 1831. It was an occasion of a impressive ceremony and display. Both sides met on the either side of Sutlej with their full forces.
[19] The Arya Samaj was founded by -
A.
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B.
Swami Vivekananda
C.
Keshav Chandra Sen
D.
Ishwar Chandra Vidya-sagar
Ans:
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Explanation :
Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 10 April 1875. On the 24th of June, 1877, the second major Arya Samaj was established at Lahore.
[20] Gandhiji believed that -
A.
End justifies means
B.
Means justify end
C.
Neither end justifies means nor do means justify end
D.
End and Means both should be justified
Ans:
Means justify end
Explanation :
Gandhi's view of the morally legitimate means to be exclusively employed in furthering political ends was deeply affected by the doctrine of dispassionate action in the Gita.
[21] Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
A.
Macaulay's Minute
B.
Hunter Commission
C.
Charter Act
D.
Wood's Despatch
Ans:
Wood's Despatch
Explanation :
Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control of the East India Company, did a yeoman's job in spreading education in India when in 1854 he sent a dispatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor- General of India. It was recommended therein that tint-versifies on the model of the London university be established in big cities such as Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
[22] Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?
A.
Portuguese
B.
Dutch
C.
The house of Jagat Seth
D.
Mulla Abdul Gaffar
Ans:
Portuguese
Explanation :
The English, French and Dutch East Indies Companies (EIC's) became active in Far East trading in a meaningful way about a hundred and fifty years after the Portuguese. They too set up their posts through out the Indian Ocean. By the middle of the 17th century there were several thousand Portuguese and Indo Portuguese in India and a relatively small population of other Indo Europeans.
[23] Cabinet Mission came to India in the year -
A.
1946
B.
1945
C.
1942
D.
1940
Ans:
1946
Explanation :
The British Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Government in Indian leadership, providing India with independence. Formulated at the Initiative of Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the mission consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, and A. V.
[24] Muslim League was founded in the year -
A.
1900
B.
1905
C.
1906
D.
1902
Ans:
1906
Explanation :
The All-India Muslim League was a political party during the period of the British Rule which advocated the creation of a separate Muslim-majority nation. It was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka (now Bangladesh), in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over the partition of Bengal in 1905.
[25] In which session of Congress the demand of "Poorna Swaraj" was accepted as the aim of the Congress?
A.
Calcutta
B.
Madras
C.
Nagpur
D.
Lahore
Ans:
Lahore
Explanation :
The Purna Swaraj declaration or Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self rule independent of the British Empire. A very large number of Congress volunteers and delegates, members of other political parties and an especially large public gathering attended the session convened in Lahore.
Explanation :
The Indian Universities Act was passed in 1904 under the viceroyalty of Lord Curzon. Curzon had appointed the Thomas Raleigh Commission in 1902 to enquire into the condition and prospects of universities in India and to recommend proposals for improving their constitution and working.
[6] What Satyagraha was held at Nagpur in 1923?
A.
Salt Satyagraha
B.
Individual Satyagraha
C.
Ryots Satyagraha
D.
Flag Satyagraha
Ans:
Flag Satyagraha
Explanation :
Flag Satyagrahas were conducted in the city of Nagpur in 1923. They were campaigns of peaceful civil disobedience that focused on exercising the right and freedom to hoist the nationalist flag and challenge the legitimacy of the British Raj in India.
[7] Who was the viceroy when Delhi became the capital of British India?
A.
Load Curzon
B.
Lord Minto
C.
Lord Hardinge
D.
Lord Waveli
Ans:
Lord Hardinge
Explanation :
Lord Hardinge (1910-1916) was the Viceroy of India when the capital of India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911.
[8] The National Anthem was first sung in the year 1911 at the Annual session of the Indian National Congress held at -
A.
Pune
B.
Mumbai
C.
Kolkata
D.
Lucknow
Ans:
Kolkata
Explanation :
Jana Gana Mana, the national anthem of India was first sung in Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress on 27 December 1911. It was officially adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the Indian national anthem on 24 January 1950.
[9] Who is known as the 'Indian Bismarck'?
A.
Vallabhai Patel
B.
Subhash Chandra Bose
C.
Bhagat Singh
D.
Bal Gangadhara Tilak
Ans:
Vallabhai Patel
Explanation :
Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel is known to be a social leader of India who played an unparalleled role in the country's struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united, independent nation.
[10] Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?
A.
Annie Besant
B.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
C.
Kasturba Gandhi
D.
Sarojini Naidu
Ans:
Annie Besant
Explanation :
Annie Besant was a prominent British socialist, Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule became the president of the India National Congress in late 1917
[11] The most significant Act which declared that the sovereignty of the British Empire in India was in the hands of the British Crown was -
A.
the Company's Charter Act of 1813
B.
the Company's Charter Act of 1853
C.
the Indian Councils Act of 1851
D.
None of these
Ans:
None of these
Explanation :
The Government of India Act 1858 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on August 2, 1858. Its provisions called for the liquidation of the British East India Company (who had up to this point been ruling British India under the auspices of Parliament) and the transference of its functions to the British Crown. The Act provided that the Company's territories in India were to be vested in the Queen, the Company ceasing to exercise its power and control over these territories. India was to be governed in the Queen's name.
[12] Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of Revolt of 1857?
A.
Lord Dalhousie
B.
Lord Bentinck
C.
Lord Canning
D.
Lord Lytton
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Lord Canning was an English statesman and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. For his tact and capabilities in dealing with the revolt, he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India in 1858. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
[13] Gandhiji opposed the Communal Award because he thought this would bring -
A.
Communal disunity
B.
Division in the Hindu Society
C.
Economic miseries to India
D.
Destruction to handicrafts
Ans:
division in the Hindu Society
Explanation :
In August 1932, the then Prime Minister of Britain, Ramsay Macdonald gave his 'award' known as the Communal Award. According to it, separate representation was to be provided for the Muslims, Sikhs Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans, Dalit etc.
[14] Federal form of Government at the centre was introduced in India under:
A.
Government of India Act of 1919
B.
Indian Councils Act of 1909
C.
Government of India Act of 1935
D.
Indian Independence Act of 1947
Ans:
Government of India Act of 1935
Explanation :
The Government of India Act 1935 made provision for the establishment of a "Federation of India", to be made up of both British India and some or all of the princely states."
[15] Royal Asiatic Society' was founded by -
A.
Sir William Jones
B.
Sir John Marshall
C.
R. D. Banerjee
D.
Sir William Bentick
Ans:
Sir William Jones
Explanation :
The Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones on January 15, 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir Robert Chambers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the Fort William in Calcutta then capital of the British Raj, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research.
[16] According to Dadabhai Naoroji Swaraj' meant -
A.
Complete independence
B.
Self government
C.
Economic independence
D.
Political independence
Ans:
Self government
Explanation :
Dadabhai Naoroji in his Presidential address at the National Congress in Calcutta said," We must have Swaraj on the lines granted to Canada and Australia, which is our sole aim." For him Swaraj meant administration of affairs in a country by her own people on their own strength in accordance with the welfare of the people without even nominal suzerainty.
[17] Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’?
A.
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
B.
R.G. Bhandarkar
C.
Mahadev Govind Ranade
D.
B.G. Tilak
Ans:
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Explanation :
Gopal Hari Deshmukh was a social reformer from Maharashtra, India. At age 25, Deshmukh started writing articles aimed at social reform in Maharashtra in the weekly Prabhakar under the pen name Lokhi tawadi. In the first two years, he penned 108 articles on social reform. That group of articles has come to be known in Marathi literature as Lokhitawadinchi Shatapatre.
[18] Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?
A.
Minto I
B.
William Bentinck
C.
Hastings
D.
Auckland
Ans:
William Bentinck
Explanation :
Lord William Bentinck met with Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Ropar, on the bank of the Sutlej, in the spring of 1831. It was an occasion of a impressive ceremony and display. Both sides met on the either side of Sutlej with their full forces.
[19] The Arya Samaj was founded by -
A.
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B.
Swami Vivekananda
C.
Keshav Chandra Sen
D.
Ishwar Chandra Vidya-sagar
Ans:
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Explanation :
Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 10 April 1875. On the 24th of June, 1877, the second major Arya Samaj was established at Lahore.
[20] Gandhiji believed that -
A.
End justifies means
B.
Means justify end
C.
Neither end justifies means nor do means justify end
D.
End and Means both should be justified
Ans:
Means justify end
Explanation :
Gandhi's view of the morally legitimate means to be exclusively employed in furthering political ends was deeply affected by the doctrine of dispassionate action in the Gita.
[21] Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
A.
Macaulay's Minute
B.
Hunter Commission
C.
Charter Act
D.
Wood's Despatch
Ans:
Wood's Despatch
Explanation :
Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control of the East India Company, did a yeoman's job in spreading education in India when in 1854 he sent a dispatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor- General of India. It was recommended therein that tint-versifies on the model of the London university be established in big cities such as Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
[22] Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?
A.
Portuguese
B.
Dutch
C.
The house of Jagat Seth
D.
Mulla Abdul Gaffar
Ans:
Portuguese
Explanation :
The English, French and Dutch East Indies Companies (EIC's) became active in Far East trading in a meaningful way about a hundred and fifty years after the Portuguese. They too set up their posts through out the Indian Ocean. By the middle of the 17th century there were several thousand Portuguese and Indo Portuguese in India and a relatively small population of other Indo Europeans.
[23] Cabinet Mission came to India in the year -
A.
1946
B.
1945
C.
1942
D.
1940
Ans:
1946
Explanation :
The British Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Government in Indian leadership, providing India with independence. Formulated at the Initiative of Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the mission consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, and A. V.
[24] Muslim League was founded in the year -
A.
1900
B.
1905
C.
1906
D.
1902
Ans:
1906
Explanation :
The All-India Muslim League was a political party during the period of the British Rule which advocated the creation of a separate Muslim-majority nation. It was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka (now Bangladesh), in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over the partition of Bengal in 1905.
[25] In which session of Congress the demand of "Poorna Swaraj" was accepted as the aim of the Congress?
A.
Calcutta
B.
Madras
C.
Nagpur
D.
Lahore
Ans:
Lahore
Explanation :
The Purna Swaraj declaration or Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self rule independent of the British Empire. A very large number of Congress volunteers and delegates, members of other political parties and an especially large public gathering attended the session convened in Lahore.
Explanation :
Lord Hardinge (1910-1916) was the Viceroy of India when the capital of India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911.
[8] The National Anthem was first sung in the year 1911 at the Annual session of the Indian National Congress held at -
A.
Pune
B.
Mumbai
C.
Kolkata
D.
Lucknow
Ans:
Kolkata
Explanation :
Jana Gana Mana, the national anthem of India was first sung in Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress on 27 December 1911. It was officially adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the Indian national anthem on 24 January 1950.
[9] Who is known as the 'Indian Bismarck'?
A.
Vallabhai Patel
B.
Subhash Chandra Bose
C.
Bhagat Singh
D.
Bal Gangadhara Tilak
Ans:
Vallabhai Patel
Explanation :
Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel is known to be a social leader of India who played an unparalleled role in the country's struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united, independent nation.
[10] Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?
A.
Annie Besant
B.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
C.
Kasturba Gandhi
D.
Sarojini Naidu
Ans:
Annie Besant
Explanation :
Annie Besant was a prominent British socialist, Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule became the president of the India National Congress in late 1917
[11] The most significant Act which declared that the sovereignty of the British Empire in India was in the hands of the British Crown was -
A.
the Company's Charter Act of 1813
B.
the Company's Charter Act of 1853
C.
the Indian Councils Act of 1851
D.
None of these
Ans:
None of these
Explanation :
The Government of India Act 1858 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on August 2, 1858. Its provisions called for the liquidation of the British East India Company (who had up to this point been ruling British India under the auspices of Parliament) and the transference of its functions to the British Crown. The Act provided that the Company's territories in India were to be vested in the Queen, the Company ceasing to exercise its power and control over these territories. India was to be governed in the Queen's name.
[12] Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of Revolt of 1857?
A.
Lord Dalhousie
B.
Lord Bentinck
C.
Lord Canning
D.
Lord Lytton
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Lord Canning was an English statesman and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. For his tact and capabilities in dealing with the revolt, he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India in 1858. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
[13] Gandhiji opposed the Communal Award because he thought this would bring -
A.
Communal disunity
B.
Division in the Hindu Society
C.
Economic miseries to India
D.
Destruction to handicrafts
Ans:
division in the Hindu Society
Explanation :
In August 1932, the then Prime Minister of Britain, Ramsay Macdonald gave his 'award' known as the Communal Award. According to it, separate representation was to be provided for the Muslims, Sikhs Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans, Dalit etc.
[14] Federal form of Government at the centre was introduced in India under:
A.
Government of India Act of 1919
B.
Indian Councils Act of 1909
C.
Government of India Act of 1935
D.
Indian Independence Act of 1947
Ans:
Government of India Act of 1935
Explanation :
The Government of India Act 1935 made provision for the establishment of a "Federation of India", to be made up of both British India and some or all of the princely states."
[15] Royal Asiatic Society' was founded by -
A.
Sir William Jones
B.
Sir John Marshall
C.
R. D. Banerjee
D.
Sir William Bentick
Ans:
Sir William Jones
Explanation :
The Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones on January 15, 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir Robert Chambers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the Fort William in Calcutta then capital of the British Raj, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research.
[16] According to Dadabhai Naoroji Swaraj' meant -
A.
Complete independence
B.
Self government
C.
Economic independence
D.
Political independence
Ans:
Self government
Explanation :
Dadabhai Naoroji in his Presidential address at the National Congress in Calcutta said," We must have Swaraj on the lines granted to Canada and Australia, which is our sole aim." For him Swaraj meant administration of affairs in a country by her own people on their own strength in accordance with the welfare of the people without even nominal suzerainty.
[17] Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’?
A.
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
B.
R.G. Bhandarkar
C.
Mahadev Govind Ranade
D.
B.G. Tilak
Ans:
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Explanation :
Gopal Hari Deshmukh was a social reformer from Maharashtra, India. At age 25, Deshmukh started writing articles aimed at social reform in Maharashtra in the weekly Prabhakar under the pen name Lokhi tawadi. In the first two years, he penned 108 articles on social reform. That group of articles has come to be known in Marathi literature as Lokhitawadinchi Shatapatre.
[18] Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?
A.
Minto I
B.
William Bentinck
C.
Hastings
D.
Auckland
Ans:
William Bentinck
Explanation :
Lord William Bentinck met with Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Ropar, on the bank of the Sutlej, in the spring of 1831. It was an occasion of a impressive ceremony and display. Both sides met on the either side of Sutlej with their full forces.
[19] The Arya Samaj was founded by -
A.
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B.
Swami Vivekananda
C.
Keshav Chandra Sen
D.
Ishwar Chandra Vidya-sagar
Ans:
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Explanation :
Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 10 April 1875. On the 24th of June, 1877, the second major Arya Samaj was established at Lahore.
[20] Gandhiji believed that -
A.
End justifies means
B.
Means justify end
C.
Neither end justifies means nor do means justify end
D.
End and Means both should be justified
Ans:
Means justify end
Explanation :
Gandhi's view of the morally legitimate means to be exclusively employed in furthering political ends was deeply affected by the doctrine of dispassionate action in the Gita.
[21] Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
A.
Macaulay's Minute
B.
Hunter Commission
C.
Charter Act
D.
Wood's Despatch
Ans:
Wood's Despatch
Explanation :
Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control of the East India Company, did a yeoman's job in spreading education in India when in 1854 he sent a dispatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor- General of India. It was recommended therein that tint-versifies on the model of the London university be established in big cities such as Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
[22] Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?
A.
Portuguese
B.
Dutch
C.
The house of Jagat Seth
D.
Mulla Abdul Gaffar
Ans:
Portuguese
Explanation :
The English, French and Dutch East Indies Companies (EIC's) became active in Far East trading in a meaningful way about a hundred and fifty years after the Portuguese. They too set up their posts through out the Indian Ocean. By the middle of the 17th century there were several thousand Portuguese and Indo Portuguese in India and a relatively small population of other Indo Europeans.
[23] Cabinet Mission came to India in the year -
A.
1946
B.
1945
C.
1942
D.
1940
Ans:
1946
Explanation :
The British Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Government in Indian leadership, providing India with independence. Formulated at the Initiative of Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the mission consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, and A. V.
[24] Muslim League was founded in the year -
A.
1900
B.
1905
C.
1906
D.
1902
Ans:
1906
Explanation :
The All-India Muslim League was a political party during the period of the British Rule which advocated the creation of a separate Muslim-majority nation. It was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka (now Bangladesh), in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over the partition of Bengal in 1905.
[25] In which session of Congress the demand of "Poorna Swaraj" was accepted as the aim of the Congress?
A.
Calcutta
B.
Madras
C.
Nagpur
D.
Lahore
Ans:
Lahore
Explanation :
The Purna Swaraj declaration or Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self rule independent of the British Empire. A very large number of Congress volunteers and delegates, members of other political parties and an especially large public gathering attended the session convened in Lahore.
Explanation :
Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel is known to be a social leader of India who played an unparalleled role in the country's struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united, independent nation.
[10] Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?
A.
Annie Besant
B.
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
C.
Kasturba Gandhi
D.
Sarojini Naidu
Ans:
Annie Besant
Explanation :
Annie Besant was a prominent British socialist, Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule became the president of the India National Congress in late 1917
[11] The most significant Act which declared that the sovereignty of the British Empire in India was in the hands of the British Crown was -
A.
the Company's Charter Act of 1813
B.
the Company's Charter Act of 1853
C.
the Indian Councils Act of 1851
D.
None of these
Ans:
None of these
Explanation :
The Government of India Act 1858 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on August 2, 1858. Its provisions called for the liquidation of the British East India Company (who had up to this point been ruling British India under the auspices of Parliament) and the transference of its functions to the British Crown. The Act provided that the Company's territories in India were to be vested in the Queen, the Company ceasing to exercise its power and control over these territories. India was to be governed in the Queen's name.
[12] Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of Revolt of 1857?
A.
Lord Dalhousie
B.
Lord Bentinck
C.
Lord Canning
D.
Lord Lytton
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Lord Canning was an English statesman and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. For his tact and capabilities in dealing with the revolt, he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India in 1858. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
[13] Gandhiji opposed the Communal Award because he thought this would bring -
A.
Communal disunity
B.
Division in the Hindu Society
C.
Economic miseries to India
D.
Destruction to handicrafts
Ans:
division in the Hindu Society
Explanation :
In August 1932, the then Prime Minister of Britain, Ramsay Macdonald gave his 'award' known as the Communal Award. According to it, separate representation was to be provided for the Muslims, Sikhs Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans, Dalit etc.
[14] Federal form of Government at the centre was introduced in India under:
A.
Government of India Act of 1919
B.
Indian Councils Act of 1909
C.
Government of India Act of 1935
D.
Indian Independence Act of 1947
Ans:
Government of India Act of 1935
Explanation :
The Government of India Act 1935 made provision for the establishment of a "Federation of India", to be made up of both British India and some or all of the princely states."
[15] Royal Asiatic Society' was founded by -
A.
Sir William Jones
B.
Sir John Marshall
C.
R. D. Banerjee
D.
Sir William Bentick
Ans:
Sir William Jones
Explanation :
The Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones on January 15, 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir Robert Chambers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the Fort William in Calcutta then capital of the British Raj, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research.
[16] According to Dadabhai Naoroji Swaraj' meant -
A.
Complete independence
B.
Self government
C.
Economic independence
D.
Political independence
Ans:
Self government
Explanation :
Dadabhai Naoroji in his Presidential address at the National Congress in Calcutta said," We must have Swaraj on the lines granted to Canada and Australia, which is our sole aim." For him Swaraj meant administration of affairs in a country by her own people on their own strength in accordance with the welfare of the people without even nominal suzerainty.
[17] Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’?
A.
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
B.
R.G. Bhandarkar
C.
Mahadev Govind Ranade
D.
B.G. Tilak
Ans:
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Explanation :
Gopal Hari Deshmukh was a social reformer from Maharashtra, India. At age 25, Deshmukh started writing articles aimed at social reform in Maharashtra in the weekly Prabhakar under the pen name Lokhi tawadi. In the first two years, he penned 108 articles on social reform. That group of articles has come to be known in Marathi literature as Lokhitawadinchi Shatapatre.
[18] Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?
A.
Minto I
B.
William Bentinck
C.
Hastings
D.
Auckland
Ans:
William Bentinck
Explanation :
Lord William Bentinck met with Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Ropar, on the bank of the Sutlej, in the spring of 1831. It was an occasion of a impressive ceremony and display. Both sides met on the either side of Sutlej with their full forces.
[19] The Arya Samaj was founded by -
A.
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B.
Swami Vivekananda
C.
Keshav Chandra Sen
D.
Ishwar Chandra Vidya-sagar
Ans:
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Explanation :
Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 10 April 1875. On the 24th of June, 1877, the second major Arya Samaj was established at Lahore.
[20] Gandhiji believed that -
A.
End justifies means
B.
Means justify end
C.
Neither end justifies means nor do means justify end
D.
End and Means both should be justified
Ans:
Means justify end
Explanation :
Gandhi's view of the morally legitimate means to be exclusively employed in furthering political ends was deeply affected by the doctrine of dispassionate action in the Gita.
[21] Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
A.
Macaulay's Minute
B.
Hunter Commission
C.
Charter Act
D.
Wood's Despatch
Ans:
Wood's Despatch
Explanation :
Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control of the East India Company, did a yeoman's job in spreading education in India when in 1854 he sent a dispatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor- General of India. It was recommended therein that tint-versifies on the model of the London university be established in big cities such as Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
[22] Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?
A.
Portuguese
B.
Dutch
C.
The house of Jagat Seth
D.
Mulla Abdul Gaffar
Ans:
Portuguese
Explanation :
The English, French and Dutch East Indies Companies (EIC's) became active in Far East trading in a meaningful way about a hundred and fifty years after the Portuguese. They too set up their posts through out the Indian Ocean. By the middle of the 17th century there were several thousand Portuguese and Indo Portuguese in India and a relatively small population of other Indo Europeans.
[23] Cabinet Mission came to India in the year -
A.
1946
B.
1945
C.
1942
D.
1940
Ans:
1946
Explanation :
The British Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Government in Indian leadership, providing India with independence. Formulated at the Initiative of Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the mission consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, and A. V.
[24] Muslim League was founded in the year -
A.
1900
B.
1905
C.
1906
D.
1902
Ans:
1906
Explanation :
The All-India Muslim League was a political party during the period of the British Rule which advocated the creation of a separate Muslim-majority nation. It was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka (now Bangladesh), in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over the partition of Bengal in 1905.
[25] In which session of Congress the demand of "Poorna Swaraj" was accepted as the aim of the Congress?
A.
Calcutta
B.
Madras
C.
Nagpur
D.
Lahore
Ans:
Lahore
Explanation :
The Purna Swaraj declaration or Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self rule independent of the British Empire. A very large number of Congress volunteers and delegates, members of other political parties and an especially large public gathering attended the session convened in Lahore.
Explanation :
The Government of India Act 1858 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on August 2, 1858. Its provisions called for the liquidation of the British East India Company (who had up to this point been ruling British India under the auspices of Parliament) and the transference of its functions to the British Crown. The Act provided that the Company's territories in India were to be vested in the Queen, the Company ceasing to exercise its power and control over these territories. India was to be governed in the Queen's name.
[12] Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of Revolt of 1857?
A.
Lord Dalhousie
B.
Lord Bentinck
C.
Lord Canning
D.
Lord Lytton
Ans:
Lord Canning
Explanation :
Lord Canning was an English statesman and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. For his tact and capabilities in dealing with the revolt, he was rewarded by being made the first Viceroy of India in 1858. In April 1859 he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament for his great services during the rebellion.
[13] Gandhiji opposed the Communal Award because he thought this would bring -
A.
Communal disunity
B.
Division in the Hindu Society
C.
Economic miseries to India
D.
Destruction to handicrafts
Ans:
division in the Hindu Society
Explanation :
In August 1932, the then Prime Minister of Britain, Ramsay Macdonald gave his 'award' known as the Communal Award. According to it, separate representation was to be provided for the Muslims, Sikhs Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans, Dalit etc.
[14] Federal form of Government at the centre was introduced in India under:
A.
Government of India Act of 1919
B.
Indian Councils Act of 1909
C.
Government of India Act of 1935
D.
Indian Independence Act of 1947
Ans:
Government of India Act of 1935
Explanation :
The Government of India Act 1935 made provision for the establishment of a "Federation of India", to be made up of both British India and some or all of the princely states."
[15] Royal Asiatic Society' was founded by -
A.
Sir William Jones
B.
Sir John Marshall
C.
R. D. Banerjee
D.
Sir William Bentick
Ans:
Sir William Jones
Explanation :
The Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones on January 15, 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir Robert Chambers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the Fort William in Calcutta then capital of the British Raj, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research.
[16] According to Dadabhai Naoroji Swaraj' meant -
A.
Complete independence
B.
Self government
C.
Economic independence
D.
Political independence
Ans:
Self government
Explanation :
Dadabhai Naoroji in his Presidential address at the National Congress in Calcutta said," We must have Swaraj on the lines granted to Canada and Australia, which is our sole aim." For him Swaraj meant administration of affairs in a country by her own people on their own strength in accordance with the welfare of the people without even nominal suzerainty.
[17] Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’?
A.
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
B.
R.G. Bhandarkar
C.
Mahadev Govind Ranade
D.
B.G. Tilak
Ans:
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Explanation :
Gopal Hari Deshmukh was a social reformer from Maharashtra, India. At age 25, Deshmukh started writing articles aimed at social reform in Maharashtra in the weekly Prabhakar under the pen name Lokhi tawadi. In the first two years, he penned 108 articles on social reform. That group of articles has come to be known in Marathi literature as Lokhitawadinchi Shatapatre.
[18] Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?
A.
Minto I
B.
William Bentinck
C.
Hastings
D.
Auckland
Ans:
William Bentinck
Explanation :
Lord William Bentinck met with Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Ropar, on the bank of the Sutlej, in the spring of 1831. It was an occasion of a impressive ceremony and display. Both sides met on the either side of Sutlej with their full forces.
[19] The Arya Samaj was founded by -
A.
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B.
Swami Vivekananda
C.
Keshav Chandra Sen
D.
Ishwar Chandra Vidya-sagar
Ans:
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Explanation :
Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 10 April 1875. On the 24th of June, 1877, the second major Arya Samaj was established at Lahore.
[20] Gandhiji believed that -
A.
End justifies means
B.
Means justify end
C.
Neither end justifies means nor do means justify end
D.
End and Means both should be justified
Ans:
Means justify end
Explanation :
Gandhi's view of the morally legitimate means to be exclusively employed in furthering political ends was deeply affected by the doctrine of dispassionate action in the Gita.
[21] Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
A.
Macaulay's Minute
B.
Hunter Commission
C.
Charter Act
D.
Wood's Despatch
Ans:
Wood's Despatch
Explanation :
Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control of the East India Company, did a yeoman's job in spreading education in India when in 1854 he sent a dispatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor- General of India. It was recommended therein that tint-versifies on the model of the London university be established in big cities such as Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
[22] Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?
A.
Portuguese
B.
Dutch
C.
The house of Jagat Seth
D.
Mulla Abdul Gaffar
Ans:
Portuguese
Explanation :
The English, French and Dutch East Indies Companies (EIC's) became active in Far East trading in a meaningful way about a hundred and fifty years after the Portuguese. They too set up their posts through out the Indian Ocean. By the middle of the 17th century there were several thousand Portuguese and Indo Portuguese in India and a relatively small population of other Indo Europeans.
[23] Cabinet Mission came to India in the year -
A.
1946
B.
1945
C.
1942
D.
1940
Ans:
1946
Explanation :
The British Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Government in Indian leadership, providing India with independence. Formulated at the Initiative of Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the mission consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, and A. V.
[24] Muslim League was founded in the year -
A.
1900
B.
1905
C.
1906
D.
1902
Ans:
1906
Explanation :
The All-India Muslim League was a political party during the period of the British Rule which advocated the creation of a separate Muslim-majority nation. It was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka (now Bangladesh), in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over the partition of Bengal in 1905.
[25] In which session of Congress the demand of "Poorna Swaraj" was accepted as the aim of the Congress?
A.
Calcutta
B.
Madras
C.
Nagpur
D.
Lahore
Ans:
Lahore
Explanation :
The Purna Swaraj declaration or Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self rule independent of the British Empire. A very large number of Congress volunteers and delegates, members of other political parties and an especially large public gathering attended the session convened in Lahore.
Explanation :
In August 1932, the then Prime Minister of Britain, Ramsay Macdonald gave his 'award' known as the Communal Award. According to it, separate representation was to be provided for the Muslims, Sikhs Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans, Dalit etc.
[14] Federal form of Government at the centre was introduced in India under:
A.
Government of India Act of 1919
B.
Indian Councils Act of 1909
C.
Government of India Act of 1935
D.
Indian Independence Act of 1947
Ans:
Government of India Act of 1935
Explanation :
The Government of India Act 1935 made provision for the establishment of a "Federation of India", to be made up of both British India and some or all of the princely states."
[15] Royal Asiatic Society' was founded by -
A.
Sir William Jones
B.
Sir John Marshall
C.
R. D. Banerjee
D.
Sir William Bentick
Ans:
Sir William Jones
Explanation :
The Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones on January 15, 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir Robert Chambers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the Fort William in Calcutta then capital of the British Raj, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research.
[16] According to Dadabhai Naoroji Swaraj' meant -
A.
Complete independence
B.
Self government
C.
Economic independence
D.
Political independence
Ans:
Self government
Explanation :
Dadabhai Naoroji in his Presidential address at the National Congress in Calcutta said," We must have Swaraj on the lines granted to Canada and Australia, which is our sole aim." For him Swaraj meant administration of affairs in a country by her own people on their own strength in accordance with the welfare of the people without even nominal suzerainty.
[17] Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’?
A.
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
B.
R.G. Bhandarkar
C.
Mahadev Govind Ranade
D.
B.G. Tilak
Ans:
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Explanation :
Gopal Hari Deshmukh was a social reformer from Maharashtra, India. At age 25, Deshmukh started writing articles aimed at social reform in Maharashtra in the weekly Prabhakar under the pen name Lokhi tawadi. In the first two years, he penned 108 articles on social reform. That group of articles has come to be known in Marathi literature as Lokhitawadinchi Shatapatre.
[18] Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?
A.
Minto I
B.
William Bentinck
C.
Hastings
D.
Auckland
Ans:
William Bentinck
Explanation :
Lord William Bentinck met with Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Ropar, on the bank of the Sutlej, in the spring of 1831. It was an occasion of a impressive ceremony and display. Both sides met on the either side of Sutlej with their full forces.
[19] The Arya Samaj was founded by -
A.
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B.
Swami Vivekananda
C.
Keshav Chandra Sen
D.
Ishwar Chandra Vidya-sagar
Ans:
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Explanation :
Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 10 April 1875. On the 24th of June, 1877, the second major Arya Samaj was established at Lahore.
[20] Gandhiji believed that -
A.
End justifies means
B.
Means justify end
C.
Neither end justifies means nor do means justify end
D.
End and Means both should be justified
Ans:
Means justify end
Explanation :
Gandhi's view of the morally legitimate means to be exclusively employed in furthering political ends was deeply affected by the doctrine of dispassionate action in the Gita.
[21] Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
A.
Macaulay's Minute
B.
Hunter Commission
C.
Charter Act
D.
Wood's Despatch
Ans:
Wood's Despatch
Explanation :
Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control of the East India Company, did a yeoman's job in spreading education in India when in 1854 he sent a dispatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor- General of India. It was recommended therein that tint-versifies on the model of the London university be established in big cities such as Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
[22] Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?
A.
Portuguese
B.
Dutch
C.
The house of Jagat Seth
D.
Mulla Abdul Gaffar
Ans:
Portuguese
Explanation :
The English, French and Dutch East Indies Companies (EIC's) became active in Far East trading in a meaningful way about a hundred and fifty years after the Portuguese. They too set up their posts through out the Indian Ocean. By the middle of the 17th century there were several thousand Portuguese and Indo Portuguese in India and a relatively small population of other Indo Europeans.
[23] Cabinet Mission came to India in the year -
A.
1946
B.
1945
C.
1942
D.
1940
Ans:
1946
Explanation :
The British Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Government in Indian leadership, providing India with independence. Formulated at the Initiative of Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the mission consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, and A. V.
[24] Muslim League was founded in the year -
A.
1900
B.
1905
C.
1906
D.
1902
Ans:
1906
Explanation :
The All-India Muslim League was a political party during the period of the British Rule which advocated the creation of a separate Muslim-majority nation. It was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka (now Bangladesh), in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over the partition of Bengal in 1905.
[25] In which session of Congress the demand of "Poorna Swaraj" was accepted as the aim of the Congress?
A.
Calcutta
B.
Madras
C.
Nagpur
D.
Lahore
Ans:
Lahore
Explanation :
The Purna Swaraj declaration or Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self rule independent of the British Empire. A very large number of Congress volunteers and delegates, members of other political parties and an especially large public gathering attended the session convened in Lahore.
Explanation :
The Asiatic Society was founded by Sir William Jones on January 15, 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir Robert Chambers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the Fort William in Calcutta then capital of the British Raj, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research.
[16] According to Dadabhai Naoroji Swaraj' meant -
A.
Complete independence
B.
Self government
C.
Economic independence
D.
Political independence
Ans:
Self government
Explanation :
Dadabhai Naoroji in his Presidential address at the National Congress in Calcutta said," We must have Swaraj on the lines granted to Canada and Australia, which is our sole aim." For him Swaraj meant administration of affairs in a country by her own people on their own strength in accordance with the welfare of the people without even nominal suzerainty.
[17] Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’?
A.
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
B.
R.G. Bhandarkar
C.
Mahadev Govind Ranade
D.
B.G. Tilak
Ans:
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Explanation :
Gopal Hari Deshmukh was a social reformer from Maharashtra, India. At age 25, Deshmukh started writing articles aimed at social reform in Maharashtra in the weekly Prabhakar under the pen name Lokhi tawadi. In the first two years, he penned 108 articles on social reform. That group of articles has come to be known in Marathi literature as Lokhitawadinchi Shatapatre.
[18] Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?
A.
Minto I
B.
William Bentinck
C.
Hastings
D.
Auckland
Ans:
William Bentinck
Explanation :
Lord William Bentinck met with Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Ropar, on the bank of the Sutlej, in the spring of 1831. It was an occasion of a impressive ceremony and display. Both sides met on the either side of Sutlej with their full forces.
[19] The Arya Samaj was founded by -
A.
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B.
Swami Vivekananda
C.
Keshav Chandra Sen
D.
Ishwar Chandra Vidya-sagar
Ans:
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Explanation :
Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 10 April 1875. On the 24th of June, 1877, the second major Arya Samaj was established at Lahore.
[20] Gandhiji believed that -
A.
End justifies means
B.
Means justify end
C.
Neither end justifies means nor do means justify end
D.
End and Means both should be justified
Ans:
Means justify end
Explanation :
Gandhi's view of the morally legitimate means to be exclusively employed in furthering political ends was deeply affected by the doctrine of dispassionate action in the Gita.
[21] Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
A.
Macaulay's Minute
B.
Hunter Commission
C.
Charter Act
D.
Wood's Despatch
Ans:
Wood's Despatch
Explanation :
Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control of the East India Company, did a yeoman's job in spreading education in India when in 1854 he sent a dispatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor- General of India. It was recommended therein that tint-versifies on the model of the London university be established in big cities such as Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
[22] Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?
A.
Portuguese
B.
Dutch
C.
The house of Jagat Seth
D.
Mulla Abdul Gaffar
Ans:
Portuguese
Explanation :
The English, French and Dutch East Indies Companies (EIC's) became active in Far East trading in a meaningful way about a hundred and fifty years after the Portuguese. They too set up their posts through out the Indian Ocean. By the middle of the 17th century there were several thousand Portuguese and Indo Portuguese in India and a relatively small population of other Indo Europeans.
[23] Cabinet Mission came to India in the year -
A.
1946
B.
1945
C.
1942
D.
1940
Ans:
1946
Explanation :
The British Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Government in Indian leadership, providing India with independence. Formulated at the Initiative of Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the mission consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, and A. V.
[24] Muslim League was founded in the year -
A.
1900
B.
1905
C.
1906
D.
1902
Ans:
1906
Explanation :
The All-India Muslim League was a political party during the period of the British Rule which advocated the creation of a separate Muslim-majority nation. It was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka (now Bangladesh), in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over the partition of Bengal in 1905.
[25] In which session of Congress the demand of "Poorna Swaraj" was accepted as the aim of the Congress?
A.
Calcutta
B.
Madras
C.
Nagpur
D.
Lahore
Ans:
Lahore
Explanation :
The Purna Swaraj declaration or Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self rule independent of the British Empire. A very large number of Congress volunteers and delegates, members of other political parties and an especially large public gathering attended the session convened in Lahore.
Explanation :
Gopal Hari Deshmukh was a social reformer from Maharashtra, India. At age 25, Deshmukh started writing articles aimed at social reform in Maharashtra in the weekly Prabhakar under the pen name Lokhi tawadi. In the first two years, he penned 108 articles on social reform. That group of articles has come to be known in Marathi literature as Lokhitawadinchi Shatapatre.
[18] Which Governor General had entertained Ranjit Singh with great honour at Ropar?
A.
Minto I
B.
William Bentinck
C.
Hastings
D.
Auckland
Ans:
William Bentinck
Explanation :
Lord William Bentinck met with Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Ropar, on the bank of the Sutlej, in the spring of 1831. It was an occasion of a impressive ceremony and display. Both sides met on the either side of Sutlej with their full forces.
[19] The Arya Samaj was founded by -
A.
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
B.
Swami Vivekananda
C.
Keshav Chandra Sen
D.
Ishwar Chandra Vidya-sagar
Ans:
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Explanation :
Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 10 April 1875. On the 24th of June, 1877, the second major Arya Samaj was established at Lahore.
[20] Gandhiji believed that -
A.
End justifies means
B.
Means justify end
C.
Neither end justifies means nor do means justify end
D.
End and Means both should be justified
Ans:
Means justify end
Explanation :
Gandhi's view of the morally legitimate means to be exclusively employed in furthering political ends was deeply affected by the doctrine of dispassionate action in the Gita.
[21] Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
A.
Macaulay's Minute
B.
Hunter Commission
C.
Charter Act
D.
Wood's Despatch
Ans:
Wood's Despatch
Explanation :
Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control of the East India Company, did a yeoman's job in spreading education in India when in 1854 he sent a dispatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor- General of India. It was recommended therein that tint-versifies on the model of the London university be established in big cities such as Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
[22] Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?
A.
Portuguese
B.
Dutch
C.
The house of Jagat Seth
D.
Mulla Abdul Gaffar
Ans:
Portuguese
Explanation :
The English, French and Dutch East Indies Companies (EIC's) became active in Far East trading in a meaningful way about a hundred and fifty years after the Portuguese. They too set up their posts through out the Indian Ocean. By the middle of the 17th century there were several thousand Portuguese and Indo Portuguese in India and a relatively small population of other Indo Europeans.
[23] Cabinet Mission came to India in the year -
A.
1946
B.
1945
C.
1942
D.
1940
Ans:
1946
Explanation :
The British Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Government in Indian leadership, providing India with independence. Formulated at the Initiative of Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the mission consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, and A. V.
[24] Muslim League was founded in the year -
A.
1900
B.
1905
C.
1906
D.
1902
Ans:
1906
Explanation :
The All-India Muslim League was a political party during the period of the British Rule which advocated the creation of a separate Muslim-majority nation. It was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka (now Bangladesh), in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over the partition of Bengal in 1905.
[25] In which session of Congress the demand of "Poorna Swaraj" was accepted as the aim of the Congress?
A.
Calcutta
B.
Madras
C.
Nagpur
D.
Lahore
Ans:
Lahore
Explanation :
The Purna Swaraj declaration or Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self rule independent of the British Empire. A very large number of Congress volunteers and delegates, members of other political parties and an especially large public gathering attended the session convened in Lahore.
Explanation :
Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 10 April 1875. On the 24th of June, 1877, the second major Arya Samaj was established at Lahore.
[20] Gandhiji believed that -
A.
End justifies means
B.
Means justify end
C.
Neither end justifies means nor do means justify end
D.
End and Means both should be justified
Ans:
Means justify end
Explanation :
Gandhi's view of the morally legitimate means to be exclusively employed in furthering political ends was deeply affected by the doctrine of dispassionate action in the Gita.
[21] Through which Educational Report Calcutta University came into existence?
A.
Macaulay's Minute
B.
Hunter Commission
C.
Charter Act
D.
Wood's Despatch
Ans:
Wood's Despatch
Explanation :
Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control of the East India Company, did a yeoman's job in spreading education in India when in 1854 he sent a dispatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor- General of India. It was recommended therein that tint-versifies on the model of the London university be established in big cities such as Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
[22] Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?
A.
Portuguese
B.
Dutch
C.
The house of Jagat Seth
D.
Mulla Abdul Gaffar
Ans:
Portuguese
Explanation :
The English, French and Dutch East Indies Companies (EIC's) became active in Far East trading in a meaningful way about a hundred and fifty years after the Portuguese. They too set up their posts through out the Indian Ocean. By the middle of the 17th century there were several thousand Portuguese and Indo Portuguese in India and a relatively small population of other Indo Europeans.
[23] Cabinet Mission came to India in the year -
A.
1946
B.
1945
C.
1942
D.
1940
Ans:
1946
Explanation :
The British Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Government in Indian leadership, providing India with independence. Formulated at the Initiative of Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the mission consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, and A. V.
[24] Muslim League was founded in the year -
A.
1900
B.
1905
C.
1906
D.
1902
Ans:
1906
Explanation :
The All-India Muslim League was a political party during the period of the British Rule which advocated the creation of a separate Muslim-majority nation. It was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka (now Bangladesh), in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over the partition of Bengal in 1905.
[25] In which session of Congress the demand of "Poorna Swaraj" was accepted as the aim of the Congress?
A.
Calcutta
B.
Madras
C.
Nagpur
D.
Lahore
Ans:
Lahore
Explanation :
The Purna Swaraj declaration or Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self rule independent of the British Empire. A very large number of Congress volunteers and delegates, members of other political parties and an especially large public gathering attended the session convened in Lahore.
Explanation :
Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control of the East India Company, did a yeoman's job in spreading education in India when in 1854 he sent a dispatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor- General of India. It was recommended therein that tint-versifies on the model of the London university be established in big cities such as Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
[22] Who among the following controlled maximum trade in the western coastal region during 17th century?
A.
Portuguese
B.
Dutch
C.
The house of Jagat Seth
D.
Mulla Abdul Gaffar
Ans:
Portuguese
Explanation :
The English, French and Dutch East Indies Companies (EIC's) became active in Far East trading in a meaningful way about a hundred and fifty years after the Portuguese. They too set up their posts through out the Indian Ocean. By the middle of the 17th century there were several thousand Portuguese and Indo Portuguese in India and a relatively small population of other Indo Europeans.
[23] Cabinet Mission came to India in the year -
A.
1946
B.
1945
C.
1942
D.
1940
Ans:
1946
Explanation :
The British Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Government in Indian leadership, providing India with independence. Formulated at the Initiative of Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the mission consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, and A. V.
[24] Muslim League was founded in the year -
A.
1900
B.
1905
C.
1906
D.
1902
Ans:
1906
Explanation :
The All-India Muslim League was a political party during the period of the British Rule which advocated the creation of a separate Muslim-majority nation. It was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka (now Bangladesh), in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over the partition of Bengal in 1905.
[25] In which session of Congress the demand of "Poorna Swaraj" was accepted as the aim of the Congress?
A.
Calcutta
B.
Madras
C.
Nagpur
D.
Lahore
Ans:
Lahore
Explanation :
The Purna Swaraj declaration or Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self rule independent of the British Empire. A very large number of Congress volunteers and delegates, members of other political parties and an especially large public gathering attended the session convened in Lahore.
Explanation :
The British Cabinet Mission of 1946 to India aimed to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Government in Indian leadership, providing India with independence. Formulated at the Initiative of Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the mission consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, and A. V.
[24] Muslim League was founded in the year -
A.
1900
B.
1905
C.
1906
D.
1902
Ans:
1906
Explanation :
The All-India Muslim League was a political party during the period of the British Rule which advocated the creation of a separate Muslim-majority nation. It was founded by the All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka (now Bangladesh), in 1906, in the context of the circumstances that were generated over the partition of Bengal in 1905.
[25] In which session of Congress the demand of "Poorna Swaraj" was accepted as the aim of the Congress?
A.
Calcutta
B.
Madras
C.
Nagpur
D.
Lahore
Ans:
Lahore
Explanation :
The Purna Swaraj declaration or Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self rule independent of the British Empire. A very large number of Congress volunteers and delegates, members of other political parties and an especially large public gathering attended the session convened in Lahore.
Explanation :
The Purna Swaraj declaration or Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self rule independent of the British Empire. A very large number of Congress volunteers and delegates, members of other political parties and an especially large public gathering attended the session convened in Lahore.